Printing attachment for sewing machines



l 'J. M. REIS El' AL PRINTiNG ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES 2 sheets-she 1 Filed August 2l. 1923 Sept. 21 1926. 1,600,565

f- J. M1 REIS E :r AL PRINTING ATTACHMENT lFo'R'sNwINs MACHINESv Filed August 21, 192s z' sheets-sheet 2 Eyf Sl l A W @Aq/5W# Patented Sept. 2.1, 1926.

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y' UNITED fSTArE-s PATENT OFFICEF JULIUS M. REIS, OE NEW YORK, AND BENJAMIN WELLS GAMMGN, or' BROOKLYN,

YORK, AssfeNoRs To NEW YORK.

e. nErs a- Bno. iNc'., 0F NEW Yonai, NQY., A ooaron'AtrroN on rnrirrINey ATTACHMENT non SEWING MACHINES. 'l l Application med August 2i, 192s. serial ne. esatta# Y y @ur invention relates to a printing attachment for sewing machines, or forv machines for sewing or cuttingvand folding, or otherwise manipulating,labels; 01u-more broadly speaking, to" an indicia-marking attachment for apparatus for securingV labels or the like to textile or other articles. More particularly, in its preferred form, it relates to label sewing machines in which labels are stitchedy onto garments or the like andwhich machines are' provided' by our invention with devices for, printingor otherwise marking" desired indicia, suc-h as they lot number, or size, or other descriptive matter, at desired points on the labels,fwhile th`e latter areV operatively positioned withrespect to 4the sewmechanism,`or, in some cases, the marking devicesmay be mountedA on or attached to a machiney which cuts and folds the labels.

` Labelsto be attached to garments may be fed either by hand or automatically into operative relation to a needle which may be caused tol sew uponvone or more sides, as for example, around the four sides, of the label to secure the same `to a garment. f The labels when thus presented to the vneedle carry thereon the manufacturers' name or `other data which has previously-,been lprinted or woven upon the label. It is" often desired, however, to print or mark certain designating data, which may vary from time to time, such as the manufacturers lot number, or the size, or the name of a retailer, etc., upon the previously printed or ywoveni labels. This has heretofore been accomplished with considerable expenditure of time and labor.

by subjecting the labels to a separate hand operation, to .mark the various lot numbers or the like upon the same withoutv any relation to the sewing or other operations Vpier-v formed upon the labels. i Our invention aims to provide an attachment for thev sewing or label 4securi-ng'apparatus, or apparatus for otherwise manipulating the label, kwhereby such indicia may be printedor otherwise marked upon the labelin a simple'and effective manner, while the label is loperatively positioned with-,respect to thesewing orother label manipulating devices of the machine,

whereby considerable time and'labor will be saved.

An vobj ect of our invention vcomprises the provision of improved and' effective dev1ces.

ofthe characteireferred to, Other objects Yto the garment. f

of the invention comprise theprovision of."

improved combinations ofparts andi-details of construction, all as'wil-lbe more fully set forthiin the following specification. y

ln order that the invention'may be more clearly understood attention is hereby dif` recited to thev accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and illustrating' one lembodiment of the invention. ln the dra'wings.-Y Fig.' 1 represents a partial fronty elevation of a label sewing machine equipped with oury invention, certain parts being shown, in section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofther same,,cer tain parts being shown, in section; j

Fig. 3 is a verticalsection taken online-A z-Pa @i Fig. 1, andv Y 'y Figs. i and arehorizontal sectionstaken respectively on line and 5&5 of Fig. l;

Referring tothe drawings, a sewing',ina-v chine is partially represented,lhaving. a heady l in which a needle Qismounted for vertical on which a label is to be vstitched isplacfedl on the plate 3 beneath the needle and the.`r label is Apositioned against-the garment properl position Vto `be sewed. along its edges AIn the machine which vis partially illustrated by way of example, a presserpfoot, indicated generally by the reference characf tery 4f, bears upon the ,garment and upon the label positioned thereon,v The lmember Vreferred to as a presser foot'comprises a frame 5, rectangular inform, having a, serrated l lower edge 6, which is adaptedftobearupon the four outside edge portions fof the ',label, with the needle closelyadjacentto the inner surface'of one of the sides ofthe `frame 5.

When the machine is-operated the plates 3 and presser `foot 4,- will be given a. suitableY- feed, by well known mechanism, whiclfrneed not be illustrated herein, to cause such arel'-A ative horizontal movement between,theneep .y

dle and plate 3 and presser foot L V tocause u the needle'ftostitch along the outside edges of the label within thefour sides of fra-me 5.

In the apparatus particularly described, .l i.

when Va 'label is, to be, positioned in operative f relation to thene'edle, it is dropped intoachute 7 overlying thefplate 'Sfandl adjacentk to presser foot 4a, A... label Vis'. indicatedat within this chutel (see Fig.V 2)', .in-position to be ted to the needle. The ychute 7 is part of a xed frame member indicated at 9. The label is adapted to be fed rearwardly, i. e towards theneedle, when the presser toot 4 -is raised, by means of a pair of fingers 10 i stitched, by a spring 13, the rearvend oit lcsA which is secured to a suitable point on the vfixed frame of the machine, (not shown).Y Spring 13 is secured at its front end to a trip arm 14 which is pivotally mounted, as is indicated at V15, on the sliding'member 12. Pivoted member 14 is provided with a latch shoulder 16 which normally engages van edge of the fixed cover member 91 oft the chute to hold fingers 10 in their inoperative position. Y

When a label has been positioned in the chute 7 a foot treadle is operated which serves by suitable mechanism to raiser the presser foot 4 and also to swing the arm 14 about its pivot sutlikciently to release latching Y shoulder 16 Vfrom its abutment on member 9. Arm 14 is thus swung by means operating upon the arm 17, indicated in Fig. 2 as extending rearwardly from the arm 14. Fingers 10 then operate to push the label exactly un-der theframe 5 of the presser foot,

` the rearwardmovement of fingers 10 being stopped at the proper point by a' suitable stop.- The presser foot then drops back on the label to cause its serrated lower edge 6 to press theoutside edge of the .label firmly against the garment resting u We have not deemed it essential to illustrate further the connections by which the presser i foot is raised and lowered and latch Y16 tripped since the same are well known and constitute 1n themselves no part ot' our in vention, When the label has been vposi-` tioned, as described, member 12 and the arm 14 .may be'again drawn forwardlyvby means of handle 18 into' the position shown in Fig. 2, in which member 14 is again latched and 1n position to operate upon the next label.

By our invention, inthe form disclosed, we provide means for printing or otherwise marking the lot number designation upon a desired portion of the label as thelatter is 'positioned beneath the presser foot. Accordingly, wev provide. a recprocable member which .is adapted to descendwithin the rameV of the presser Ltoot to bear at a suit-able point upon the label.

In lthe form of our invention shownkin A'the drawings we have provided a vertical frame 19 which is securedy upon the front of the head 1 of thesewing machine. VThis frame is provided with a suitable vertical slideway which'is mountedrforv vertical.

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or other desiredk reciprocation a bar 20, the upper end portion f of which, 20a, extends above frame 19 and is provided with a head 21 for manual'operation. The vertically reciprocable member is spring pressed into its upper or inoperative position by means of a spiral spring 22,

the upper end of' which is secured to the fixe-d iframe, as indicated at 23, while the lower end is secured to a screw 24 mounted on the sliding member 20.

is slidably mounted and in which the spring 22 may beat least partially centaine The sliding-bar 20 is preferably provided with an oit'set rearward Vextension 201, secured thereto or integral therewith, as indicated in Fig. 4, so that the sliding bar and its slideway will in elt'ect form aV mortice and tenen joint. The frame 19 and parts carried thereby are shown as secured in position on head 1 of the sewing machine by means of v a screw 28 extending through a suitable opening at the upper part offrame 19 and into head 1 of the machine, and a screw 29 which` extends through on open ended slot, indicated at 30 in Fig. 1, at the the iront of themachine.l

lVhen access isdesired to the `needle 2 of the sewing machine for replacement of the same, etc., this may readily be accomplished byloosening screw 29 whereupon the frame 19 and parts carried thereby may be swung to the right, referring to Fig. 1, about the upper screw 28, as a pivot, so as to give tree access to the needle 2.

The vertically sliding bar 20 carries at its lower end a frame comprising a transverse top portion 31 and vertical side portions 82, 32, which latter1 are connected by a rear plate portion 33,' these parts being shown as 'l integral lwith bar 20, A type slug'34 is adapted to be positioned*V within the frame thus vformed, a forwardly extending transverse bar 35 being shown, Fig. 3, as secured upon the rear plate 33 to ht into a recess formed on the rear of the type slug. The typel slug is held in place by a removable plate 36 which extends down over the type slug and is shown as secured to the slidable bar 20 by means or" a screw 37 which extends Y through a slot 88 formed at, the upper end of the plate 36,- this slot being open atV its upper end so that plate 36 may be removed when the screw 37 is loosened. rihe lower end of the tace plate 2,5 of frame .19 is cut,

away, as is indicated at 39, to make room for the upper bifurcated endl of plate 36.

The type holding frame is completed by a U-shaped member having upwardly' eX- tending vertical arms 40,40,l on the outer wardly sides of the arms 32, the arms 4()y being connected at the bottom by a transverse portion 41 which extends across thev opening below the bottomy ends of arms 32. This bottom portion 41 isl provided with a longitudinally extending slot 42, through which the face of the type slug may be pressed to. bear against the upper surface` of the label. Arms of the U-shaped frame are secured to the arms 32 of the inverted U--sh-aped frame by. means of screws 43, which extend intol arms 32 through openings in arms 40, which openings are somewhat elongated in the lengthwise direction of the arms, as is indicated for example at 44 in Fig. 1, so as topermit a slight vertical relative movement between the inverted U-shaped frame having arms 32 and the U-shaped; frame having arms 40 and transversebottom portion 41.

Suitable means are provided for properly inking the face of the type member 34 so that the same will properly print upon the label each time it is actuated. This may suitably take the form of a typewriter ribbon 45, which extends beneath the bottom portion 41 of the U-shaped frame. This may be wrapped on a spool 46 supported between ears 47 formed integral with the upper end of the lefthand arm 40, referring to Fig. 1, and extending laterally therefrom. The ribbon may be wound onto the spool 47 supported between ears 48 formed integral with the righthand arm 40 and extending laterally therefrom. Spools 46 and 47 may be provided with knurled knobs 461, 471, for turning the same. The spool 47 may also be provided with a ratchet wheel 49 which is adapted to be advanced one tooth each time the type bar rises after being depressed by handle 20, the ratchet being thus rotated by means of a spring finger 50 secured by suitable screws 51 to the side of frame member 19. l

lVith this construction, or any other suitable ribbon feeding device, the typewriter ribbon or inking will be moved a short distance after each actuation of the printing attachment so as to present fresh portions of the ribbon to the type. Vhen the ribbon has all been fed from spool 46 to spool 47 it may be replaced or wound back onto spool 46 by hand. Backward movement of ratchet wheel 49 may be prevented by a spring 52 which is wrapped around the upper righthand one of the screws 43, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, this spring being provided with an end portion extending forand bearing upon the rforward ear 48. This spring will also serve to depress the U- shaped frame comprising arms 40 and bottom portion 41 relatively to the inverted Llshaped fra-me comprising side arms 32, this spring preferably having one end portion bearing downwardly upony one of the ears adjacent to the tooth of the ratchetA vdown by hand, resulting vin the type bearing frame extending into the frame 5` ot the presserl foot until the type ribbon is pressed by the bottom bar 41 of the frame against the label. A slight additional downward movement of handle 2l results in a slight further downward movement of the inner or inverted U-shaped frame member carrying the vtype bar 34, so that the 1 type bearingk face of the latter is pressed firmly against the typewriter ribbon to make the desired impression upon the label.

lt will be noted that the type bar 34 may be positioned lat any desired point in the width ofthe Aframe 31, 32, or that several type bars may be mounted in the frame. Accordingly, the lot number, or size, etc., may be impressed on the label adjacent one end of the same vand some other desired designation may bev printed at another point on the label in alignment therewith; or the position on the label at which the lot number or other indication is impressed may be varied.V The plane of movement of the l type carrying frame is, however, always so located 'as to always impress the desired data upon a desiredportion of the label, below or away from the manufacturers name or other printed or woven indication which is carried by the label when the same is placed in position to be sewed or otherwise secured upon the garment or other article which is to bear the same, or when the label is placed in position, generally speaking, to be manipulated or acted upon by mecha- Vnism other than the stamping/or marking mechanism. 4 Y

It should be understood `that the inven-v tion is not strictly limited to the exact details of construction which have particularly been described, but that the same is as broad as is indicated by the accompanying claims.

l/Vhat we claim is: Y 1. In a sewing machine, the combination of a frame, devices for sewing labels to ar-` flic ticles, carried thereby, means for holding v the label firmly on the article in position ,to be stitched thereto, and meansvalso carried by the frame for stamping desired indicia on labels so held at desired points on the label in spaced relation to the line of stitching. Y j

2. In a sewing machine, the combination iso of a support, Va presser foot for holding a label on an article to which Vitis to vbe stitched, a frame, a reciprocating needle carried Vthereby for stitching the ,1a/belts.

the article, and means also carried by said frame for marking a desired character on the label While the latter is held by said presser foot. Y

3. In a sewing machine, the combination of a support7 a presser foot for holding a label on an article to which it is to be stitched, a frame, a reciprocating Yneedle carried thereby for stitching the label to the article,said presser foot having` an opening therein through Which the needle operates to stitch around the edge'of thc label, means :tor positioning` labels accurately beneath said opening` in the presser foot,yan`d means also carried by said frame, operable through said opening, for marking` a desired character on the label While the latter is so positioned beneath said opening.

el. In a sewing machine, the combination of a support, a presser foot for holding' a label on an article to which it is to be stitched, a frame, a reciprocating needle carried thereby for stitching the label to the article, means for feeding labels to position beneath the presser foot, accurately aligned with respect to the needle, and vertically reciprocable means also rcarried by said frame for marking a desired character on a desired point on the label While the latter is held by the presser foot.

5. In a sewing machine, the combination 01"* a head, a reciproeable needle carried thereby, a frame comprising a slideway secured to said head in front of said needle, and a reciprocable marking device mounted in said slideway, said frame being` so mounted on said head as to Vpermit the same to be Vswung into non-obstructing position with respect to said needle.

In testimony Whereoi:l We have signed our 40 names to this specilication.

JULIUS M. REIS. BENJAMIN WELLS GAMMON. 

